New article on the NHS for the Telegraph, on the problems implicit in an ageing population:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/9036022/The-perfect-storm-that-threatens-the-NHS.html
New article on the NHS for the Telegraph, on the problems implicit in an ageing population:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/9036022/The-perfect-storm-that-threatens-the-NHS.html
New data I’ve obtained on the decline of Foreign Languages in school:
Number of pupils who were not entered (1) for a modern foreign language GCSE (2) | |
1997(3,5) | 153,500 |
2010(4,5) | 366,500 |
2011(4,5) | 377,600 |
(1) Includes students who were entered but received a grade X in the subject. (2) Figures are given to the nearest hundred.(3) 1997 figures relate to pupils aged 15 at the start of the academic year. (4 )Figures for pupils at the end of key stage 4.(5) 2011 figures are provisional results unchecked by schools, all other figures are final. Source: School and College Performance Tables. |
Following on from my article on Conservative Home yesterday, here are the full results of my Freedom of Information requests:
The debate was very well attended- with particularly impressive contributions from Tristram Hunt and Paul Maynard, and an encouraging response from Schools Minister Nick Gibb.
I fully intend to continue the campaign to make history compulsory to 16, as the government’s Curriculum Review remains ongoing. I believe that there is broad support for the idea, both in Parliament and in the wider historical community, and I look forward to further demonstrating this support in the weeks and months to come.
I have called a Westminster Hall debate for 11am this morning, on history in schools. The live video will be available at :
http://news.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/hi/house_of_commons/newsid_9674000/9674294.stm
Article setting out my case for making history compulsory to 16:
http://www.politicshome.com/uk/article/43315/chris_skidmore_we_cant_opt_out_of_history.html